Numbers 4:31
in Numbers 4This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,
KJV
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
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This verse in Numbers 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd this is the charge of their burden,.... What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and carry: according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; which was assigned to them as their part, and which was very heavy and cumbersome, and therefore they had wagons allowed them, Num 7:8, the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof; all these belonged to the holy and to the most holy place; see Exo 26:15.
This site's exposition
As for the sons of Merari
on Numbers 4:29-33
Merari carries the frame, the boards, the bars, the pillars, the sockets, the pins and the cords. Verse 32 orders that the instruments of their charge be reckoned by name, so every pin and every cord was inventoried and answered for, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown draw from it that God disregards nothing belonging to his service. This is the heaviest load in the chapter, since the sockets of the sanctuary alone weighed a hundred talents of silver at Exodus 38:27, and Numbers 7:8 gave Merari four wagons where Gershon had two and Kohath had none.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The least of the tribes had almost four times as many able men as the Levites, and some of them more than eight times as many; for those that are engaged in the service of this world, and war after the flesh, are many more than those that are devoted to the service of God, and fight the good fight of faith.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was a useful lesson, showing that God disregards nothing pertaining to His service, and that even in the least and most trivial matters, He requires the duty of faithful obedience.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֹאת֙ | vezot | and this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת | mishmeret | [is] [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| מַשָּׂאָ֔ם | masaam | carrying their | H4853 → | 66 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבֹדָתָ֖ם | ʾavodatam | service their | H5656 → | 145 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | in [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| קַרְשֵׁי֙ | karshei | [the] frames of | H7175 → | |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| וּבְרִיחָ֖יו | uverichav | and bars its | H1280 → | |
| וְעַמּוּדָ֥יו | veamudav | and pillars its | H5982 → | 111 times |
| וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃ | vaadanav | and bases its | H134 → | 57 times |
וְזֹאת֙and this
vezotH2063 →603 times
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת[is] [the] duty of
mishmeretH4931 →78 times
מַשָּׂאָ֔םcarrying their
masaamH4853 →66 times
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
עֲבֹדָתָ֖םservice their
ʾavodatamH5656 →145 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלin [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
קַרְשֵׁי֙[the] frames of
karsheiH7175 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
וּבְרִיחָ֖יוand bars its
uverichavH1280 →
וְעַמּוּדָ֥יוand pillars its
veamudavH5982 →111 times
וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃and bases its
vaadanavH134 →57 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 26:15You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
it leads to
- Exodus 36:20–33
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- Numbers 4:31–32
This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
- Exodus 26:18
Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
- Exodus 25:5
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 26:22–29
Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
- Exodus 36:20–33
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
